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PATENTED DEC. 29, 1903.

T. G.-BEACH.

TABLE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 4. 1903.

no MODEL.

- THADDEU g wan UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1909*.

PATENT OFFICE.

THADDEUS C. BEACH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ST. OHNS TABLE COMPANY, on ST. MICHIGAN.

JOHNSfMIOHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,041, dated December 29, 1903.

Application filed March 4, 1903. Serial No. 146,175. No model.)

To and whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THADDEUS O. BEACH, a citizen of'the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates generally to tables; and it consists, essentially, in novel and simple means for securing the leg thereto, whereby the table is braced and strengthened materially at the corners and the tab1e-leg is rigidly held in place.

The invention further consists in the peculiar arrangement and combination of the various parts of the table and table-leg, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and shown in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional perspective view of a corner of the table, showing the securing means for the leg. Fig. 2 is a similar view of portions of the table, the parts being detached. Fig. 3 is a section on line a: a; of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on line'y y of the same figure, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the brace member.

In the drawings thus briefly described the reference-letter A designates the usual top of the table, and B and 0 are two adjoining side rails, which I have shown as preferably connected to the top by means of suitable securing devices, such as screws D. At their ends the meeting side rails are each provided near the lower edge with a dovetail groove, such as a, Fig. 2, and the extreme end portions are preferably, though not necessarily, mitered to form the table-corner.

E represents what will be termed a supporting member for the brace presently to be described and consists, essentially, of a block rigidly attached to the under face of the top by screws F. This support, as shown, is spaced from the corner and is arranged in diagonal relation thereto. An opening G extends centrally through the block, in-which is formed a shoulder G, as shown.

J represents the brace member. Preferably this is oblong in configuration, consisting, essentially, of a bar having one end beveled and carrying on its beveled portions dovetail tenons K, which engage the dovetail grooves in the depending rails. The opposite end of the brace member projects inwardly from the corner and has an engage ment at its free end with the supportingblock. Preferably the connection is of the sliding type, a dovetail tenon L being formed upon the lower edge of the support, which ongages a corresponding groove M, formed in the upper face of the brace member.

0 represents the table-1eg,carryingat its upper end a screw or threaded bolt P. The leg is adapted to bear at its upper end against the brace member and the screw or bolt eX- tends through an opening H in the member and is adapted to engage a not Q, arranged within the bore G and resting on the shoulder G previously referred to.

In assembling the parts of the table the supporting-block is first secured in the manper indicated to the under side of the tabletop. The brace member is then connected to the support, the depending side rails are arranged in position with their grooves engaging the tenons upon the brace member, and finally the table-leg is connected to the support in the manner just described. From the description of the invention it will be apparent that the securing means for the leg are of simple and economical construction. Furthermore, the leg when connected in the manner described serves to clamp the brace member to the support, and thereby produce a rigid corner structure for the table.

What I claim as my invention isl. In a table,the combination with the top,of

two adjoining side rails connected thereto, a supporting member upon the under face of 0 the top, a brace member connected at one end to both side rails and at the other end t0 the support, and the table-leg having a bearsite end against the support, the table-leg, I00

and a securing device at the upper end of the leg extending through the brace and having an engagement with the support.

3. In a table,the combination with the top,of

the side rails and the block, the table -leg, and a screw, projecting from the upper end of the leg, extending through the brace-bar and having an engagement with the block.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THADDEUS o BEACH.

Witnesses:

H. 0. SMITH, G. U. LATOUR. 

